Framing Nuclearity: Online Media Discourses in Lithuania

This article refers to the concept of nuclearity as a broader technopolitical phenomenon that implies political and cultural configuration technical scientific matters. The nuclear media discourses become site tensions, struggles, power relations between various institutions, social groups, agents who seek frame issues. Bourdieusian field domain interaction is employed by authors this seeking reveal interactions configurations within several fields: journalism media, economy, politics, production fields (cinematography, literature, art). Commercial pressures on raise question about autonomy field. Media coverage issues in Lithuania during period 2018–2020, includes framing produced different sponsors from above-mentioned journalism, industry, cinematography or arts. news press releases PR public communication atomic energy industry representing decommissioning Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant, articles written journalists city Visaginas, challenges faced local community due closure Plant. discourse debates politicians around topic lack safety construction Astravyets Plant Belarus, HBO series <em>Chernobyl</em> strong antinuclear narrative portraying Chernobyl disaster crisis expressing criticism communism. carried out qualitative content analysis revealed features discourse: interpretative packages, frames, devices (Gamson & Modigliani, 1989), dominating actors institutions supporting discourse.